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The previous president of the Spanish Wine Federation (FEV), Jose Garcia Carrion, has submitted a letter to the Executive Committee of the bosses in the wine trade and industry by announcing his resignation for health reasons, having had surgery done little and still be in recovery phase, “so I can not dedicate the time required for FEV,” he adds.

That is the explanation that has been circulated to some media itself Garcia Carrion, who occupied the presidency of the FEV since March 2009, when he was appointed by the General Assembly of the organization. His replacement in office is likely to be up to Vice President Felix Solis, a decision to be adopted by the Executive Committee, which meets on Wednesday 9 June.

In his letter, Garcia Carrion shows its willingness to continue as a member of the Executive Committee of the FEV and recalls with pride the achievements during his tenure, such as accession to the bosses of the National Federation of Market, chaired by Pablo San Jose and has over 500 small wineries, the signing of a protocol to establish the unity of action late last year with AVIM, the incorporation of Bodegas Domes Group and, recently, Raja Group, reaching the goal of increasing the representative ness the wine business. (more…)

Farmers from different parts of the country gathered yesterday in front of the Palace de Congress de Mirada, where they attended the meeting of agriculture ministers of the EU, to demand a CAP beyond 2013, to control imports and ensure fair prices producers.Convened by Cooperative Agro-food ASAJA, COAG and UPA, some 5,500 people, according to sources the Government Office, have warned of the dangers encountered by the primary sector, with repeated requests for resignation to Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapata, and the Spanish minister of industry, Elena Espinosa.

At the exit of the informal meeting of ministers of agriculture, Elena Espinosa, and Commissioner of Agriculture of the European Union (EU), Declan Coils, advanced to be measures to regulate markets, such as milk, and showed their support for a Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) after 2013 strong. (more…)

The Seventh International Exhibition of Noble Wines (Ignoble) is has hosted the opening ceremony came when the Great Lord of Curium, a “club cut” of more than one hundred years old, which was opened by the commissioner and deposited Poncho Campo a glass bottle “of kings” from the Czech Republic.

After tasting attended by the Commissioner himself, the mayor of Jeers, the president of the Royal Spanish Academy of Gastronomy Rafael Anson, and the owner of the Wine Curium Ruiz Alonso, the wine is closed with a cap rolled gold 24 carats. A jewel for the Hall valued at more than 20,000 euros: “The chance to uncork this bottle may not be the more appropriate given the great economic crisis we are suffering all, but I think it serves to give a touch of prestige and distinction to make Ignoble a very special room, if possible, in this privileged environment, “argued Campo.

At the opening of the Great Lord of Curium, followed the first of the meetings of food and wine with the presence of the chef Joseph Rica, owner of El Caller de Can Rica. This restaurant, holder of three Michelin stars, aligned over fifteen different wines with tapes. Rica explained before a full house of 50 people how “noble wines can become dishes, cava sauce or anchovies and truffles pairing through a Merlot.”

Gastronomy and tourism in the pasture next to the protests of farmers’ organizations, have formed the ingredients added to the informal meeting of EU Ministers of Agriculture held the first days of June in Meredith informal meetings, in this case of Agriculture, are in fact the prelude to the end of the presidency of a country and the same are usually put on the table the issues that have been key players in the discussions in previous months, and especially of present and future of the Common Agricultural Policy.

The takeover of the presidency by a country in the EU is often accompanied by an aura of something transcendent, something important about the role it can play in developing the State policy of 27. The reality, however, is that the mechanisms of debate and, above all, the guidelines within the EU have different paths and that the margin of what each country can do is just keep that wheel and, in the best, to contribute some ideas to the discussions, giving priority to some issues about the rest. In the case of the Spanish Presidency in agriculture, it is clear that in this first semester have been two issues on which it has sought to influence with the Commission and other EU countries. The future of the CAP and the need to find solutions to the current situation of the food chain. (more…)